Public interest in the protection of public health during the Covid-19 pandemic in the Slovak Republic

Zajác Ševcová, Katarína, 1979- Public interest in the protection of public health during the Covid-19 pandemic in the Slovak Republic / Martin Píry, Katarína Ševcová. -- This study provides a presentation of the public interest within the Slovak approach to legal science. The second dimension is the hypothesis that the public interest at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic is not strong enough to suppress the rule of law. This hypothesis confrontsthe legal practice of the Slovak administrative authorities with the government during the COVID-19 pandemic.The requirement of the rule of law is part ofthe study , especially in the search for answers to questions of the legitimacy of decisions madethat directly interfered with human rights. In addition to conclusions based on the constitutional principles of the Slovak Republic, several decisions of the Slovak and Czech judicial authorities are the basis of the subject under review In addition to confirming the requirements of the rule of law, the study also draws attention to several critical moments of Slovak practice during a pandemic. In particular, there is the issue of proportionality and the implementation of the proportionality test. In addition to the medical dimension, the fight against a pandemic is also a test of the rule of law by the public authorities.

In Medicine and law. -- New York : William S. Hein & Co, 2022. -- ISSN 0723-1393. -- ISSN 2471-836X. -- Vol. 41, no. 2 (2022), pp. 287-310

1. právne predpisy 2. autorita 3. verejné zdravie

I. Píry, Martin, 1976-
II. Medicine and law. -- Vol. 41, no. 2 (2022), pp. 287-310
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